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Accountants expand robo-advice reach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Robo-advice is now more accessible for accountants via a new program introduced by digital investment adviser and fund manager Stockspot. Having been beta tested throughout 2016, Stockspot has launched its Partner Program to accountants, providing them ...

Vanguard appoints three distribution heads

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... manager. Rebecca Pope has been appointed head of intermediary, where she will oversee distribution of managed funds and ETFs via intermediary channels. Before this role, she was sales excellence and planning manager and a marketing manager prior to that. ...

First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... This is being done, the fund said, due to concerns about poor labour practices exhibited by companies in which it is invested via private equity funds, including Urban Purveyor Group, OSH Club and Aero-Care. Depending on the findings of the review, First ...

Financial advice standards body revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
The much-anticipated standards body for financial advice has been established, setting in motion the implementation of the professional standards legislation. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer named the directors appointed to ...

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... Life Insurance - including a 20% Fly Buys discount - cost more than double as much as the average group insurance available via superannuation, when contrasted against the 2015 super fund High Risk group insurance benchmarks. The price increased three-fold ...

Infratil sells $237m aged care stake to investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Infratil disposed of its 19.91% stake in a leading provider of New Zealand aged care facilities, netting $237.93 million via an off-market block trade. The stake in Metlifecare, sold to New Zealand-based investment bank Forsyth Barr for $5.61 per share ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The negativity around life insurance adviser sentiment is starting to turn a corner, according to new research from Zurich. Adviser sentiment improved marginally from 4.1 points in December 2015 to 4.2 points in February 2017, according to the Risk ...

Wingate strengthens team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Management. The firm is now jointly owned by staff and the Wingate Group, with Australian Unity maintaining an indirect interest via shares in the parent company. The firm was added to the Macquarie Wrap in August last year, giving investors exposure ...

Industry fund continues in-house investment expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Industry super fund Cbus is continuing to expand its in-house investment capability with the appointment of a senior portfolio manager, fixed interest and cash. Michael Swan, formerly of boutique fixed income asset manager Brookline Partners, joins ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... integrated with the knowITdigital CPD offerings, providing advisers with education resources from Monarch that can be accessed via their smartphone. Wilson said this marks knowITdigital's first step into the training and professional development space ...